List of Famous people named Nahum

Nahum (Naum) Moiseyevich Korzhavin was a Russian poet of Jewish descent, a dissident and emigrant who moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1973 and lived there 43 years. He spent the last two years of his life in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to be near family.

Nahum Stutchkoff, Yiddish נחם סטוטשקאָװ [nɔxəm (nʊxəm) stʊtʃkɔv], originally Polish Nachum Stuczko or Yiddish נחם סטוטשקאָ [nɔxəm (nʊxəm) stʊtʃkɔ], was a Yiddish-Polish and later Yiddish-American actor, author, lexicographer, and radio host. The largest Yiddish dictionary ever to be finished was compiled by him: the Oytser fun der yidisher shprakh.

Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon, also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon, was a Soviet intelligence officer, who has been described by Yevgeny Kiselyov as one of the organisers and managers of the state terrorism system under Joseph Stalin and later a victim thereof. He was the brother of Max Eitingon.

Nahum Sokolow was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.

Nahum Tate was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear.

Nahum Admoni is a former Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the Mossad from 1982 to 1989.

Nahum Tevet is an Israeli sculptor. Tevet's conceptual work uses minimalism and other references, creating sculptural/architectural installations based on geometrical modules.

Nahum Goldmann was a leading Zionist and the founder and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress.

Nahum Nir-Rafalkes was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. He was the only Speaker of the Knesset not to have been a member of the ruling party until Benny Gantz in 2020.

Nachum Ish Gamzu was a Tanna of the second generation.